New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-20
THE TALK OF TIE Day

California woman has sued for divorce from
her husband because for eighteen years no has gone
u, bed with his boots on The poor man probably
was fearful that death would in the night, ano
he wished to die In regular Western style.
Justice though delayed, is certain Tho author %
"Crandathers Clocl' died the other day In LondoD
hOspital.-tPeoria Transcript
There Is no reason, really, why "our Dumb AMI
mails" should print article on how to treat WIFE,
A western man wears for a scarf pin small ther.
mometer with pointing TO h e. ss anu ba as hem to
produce a cooIness btween him and some OK MS
frlends.-(Springfeld Union.
The Cunard steamship EtrurIas last trip TO New
York, ended Saturday, was made In six days fouf
hours and forty-seven minutes, or thrtynve minutes
loncer than the fastest trip rccord-tbat ot nor
sister ship the Umbria The world Is seeing sfea'
DEVELOPMENTS in the merchant marine since the 3D.
vannah the first steamer to cross the ocean, went
from Savannah 70 Liverpool In 1872 In tWenty-sn
DAYS. Tho smallest steamer that ever crossou 'n'
Atlantic arrived hero in August. 1880, and wens
,noroo 70 Philaselphia She steamed the entire
distance 1915 miles. with a consumption OF less
than twenty-five tons Of coal She IL "a feet Id
length and her gross tonnage is seventy tons.
The editor OF "The Carson Lariat" remarks In 8
striking editorial paragraph; III Todo BUNKER oon
Keen bs sows and shoats from undor our otoe he y,
rolnr 60 lose some pork" In the MIDST OF prOiVuno
oner - tho hrathen. how refreshing IL such
breezy commonplace home-likc eu'ora u"ei"N''
as thls.-tBurlingon Free frcss'
A negro cook on board Of a Scotch schooner Is ths
author o, a novel way Of killing SHARK he hes'eo
a 6rebrtck red hot, wrapped 1t up In greasy dotn
and threw IL overheard when the vorae0us shars
darted after II and swallowed II. The sharks fury
was soon subdued and be foated to the SURFACE oea"
At her present rate OF winning the volunteer WI,
soon have enough silverwaro on nInu ~, W pc
her in fitting up q sdebOard.- tPhladolphla FIoss'
Awrtcr on superstitions concerning bees says thar
In Yorkshire there Ia custom OF nviting see or
a funeral" and "whrn swarm or oees aisn. ." In
this tovn there ore several deaths within year
evsn II swarm Of bees don't sleht on dead Tree;
and when bees are invited to tpnorai Is s0n0iNH'
to their own-tNorristown Herald
near, Dearl How these labor troubles do spreao'
Here's Philadelphia paper referring 70 "'ho s'f'Aine
blonde. at Asbury Park"
"rhats ore of those Hanlan rarOrs' ia 1t no'F
si aU 1ao razor ~ ,nterrogated the barber
Yes. pulls iike thunder" gasped the sufferer
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
A story comes from Nassau. N. p as related IN
9TH, Ocean wave" that in the stomach OF shara
rcctly caught In the harbor there were FOUND man
hand and wrist portion OF the mans shirt goats
head with horn. nine inches long, and turtios nca'
Dakota man while on his way 70 6U nd S,,,e nS
neshbors paper struck by nshnng sn ntsire Sn
reopio II isn't neoessary.-tcolumbus Capital
A sullen looking man with horsewhlp entered
N.,rasSa Newspaper office and asked the boy where
tho editor The boy sheu nun NY ~
swercd - H.. ,,x ,ro,,bs,
"Where's the foremanf 80 ,,..,,o, 10
afJrs gone TO Washington with an uv'tauon W
tbs president Won't be back 'fore cold "c~'no''
What do YOU want-want 10 parayze EN-
nm nj: I owe 81 and thought I'd pay up. ,,..
aThat so, hold on a second; perhaps tho ea''0'
He whstled . long. dark form crawied GU. OF
wood boz and the editor was ready Tor puSihes''-
Nebraska State Journal
Manuel Barrant and his wife OF Matamoras Mex
recently celebrated eighteth anniversary OF tncif
wedding The husband is hale and hearty at ono
hundred and two while his wife enjoys good health at
ninety -six
"Improving your mind see said the nice young
man ys.,eday as he found bis sunday girl buried In
a small volume. dyes" she answered, putting her
finger on tho line and ganoing sweety up: u am
devoted b reading Isn't 1t glorious to be An autnof
and sway millions Of hearts by beautiful isnguage anu
thrilling doscnptiont at must be; what are you
reading now T." Suffering Pete, tho Demon DO
tecttvo."-, Nashville American
Within orc wear twenty two men In this country
have shot and their wives at night under the
impression that they were burglars Tho vito who
slips out az bed 20 through her husbands pocKets
must do so the peril of her eDetroit FREQ fress'
From the way our revenue cutters arc picking up
foreign vessels far fishing In Alaskan waters II may
DO inferred that Uncle Sans official seal Is behrhs
strait for the enemy III Duluth Paragrepher.